Beats a Snowman Any Day!!

Now this is my kind of snow sculpture!

Image via Mama Doreen's Cupcake Company - Yorkshire
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It's A Special Someone's Birthday

7 years ago today I met the most amazing little boy for the very first time - our son! And I can tell you it was so worth the long, hard and very stressful labour! I was induced as the little tinker still wasn't budging 17 days after his due date.

Image via Faithfully Feminine

So this post is dedicated to the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me and my husband...

To Our Gorgeous Boy...

As you love Harry Potter and adore cake, here is your very own Harry Potter Cake blog in honour of you; our special, handsome, bright, incredibly caring and well rounded boy on your special day. 

Image via The Cupcake Blog

Image via Hip Pop Cakes

Light up Gingerbread Hogwarts by Making of the Hogwarts Gingerbread Castle

Wow! By Lets Eat Cupcake

By Deb Kichline

By Cupcakes Take The Cake

Now two awesome cakes by your favourite cake maker Duff Goldman from the Ace Of Cakes TV show!

Image via The Short Line

Images via Shelf Talker

By Artcake in Russia

By Rose Bud Cakes

Image via Yelp

Hope you have a wonderful birthday little man - love you more than the last number in the world!!

Mum xxxxxxx

Beautiful Cupcake Gallery - Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! I've been very busy lately and haven't had a chance to do some cupcake searching, but I couldn't let Halloween pass by without a exhibit in my Beautiful Cupcake Gallery...

Pretty girly gothic cupcakes by Mama Doreen's Cupcake in Yorkshire

Cute monsters from Yummy Cakes By Lynn

Cupcake Graveyard from It's My Treat By Janice

Haunting but stunning! Via Blush Paperie

Frankenweenie Cake Pops - so sweet! Via Flickr - Bakerella

I love these decorative Boo Frame Cupcakes by Petit Cali Cupcakes

Now for some Halloween recipes - great to do with the kids ...

Great idea - Pull Apart Graveyard Cupcakes via Food Network

Simple but very effective ghosts -jumbo and mini cupcakes, held together by marshmallows and cloaked with fondant, by Martha Stewart

Great twist - Broomstick Ghost cupcake via First For Women

From the Sunshines Kitchen.com - how cute are the picket fence cases?! If you can read Bulgarian you can even make them yourself!

Bubble bubble toil and trouble. Cute cauldron via Good To Know

Now this isn't made out of cakes or sugar paste, but it's so cute and so clever I had to include it!

Halloween Candy Scene by the very clever Mamas Minis

Have a great Halloween hope you get lots of treats xx

Beautiful Cupcake Gallery - Bird Cages

I have recently installed some stunning art in the salon - well strategically placed some gorgeous stickers I found!

I'm getting so many lovely comments about them especially the jewelled bird cage. As always this led onto a blog post idea, and so to my Beautiful Cupcake Gallery dedicated to pretty birdcages...

Stencilled cupcakes by The Pink Cake Box

How sweet is this? By Lilrose at Cake Central

Dainty Bird Cage Cupcakes found at The Cupcake Blog

Beautifully presented vanilla cupcake in a birdcage complete with instructions! At Free Vanilla Recipes

Beautiful Cupcake Gallery - Summer Time

It's a well know fact in Britain we are having the worst summer on record!

Image via Ross Barbera

However as I'm tapping away merrily on my keyboard the sun is shining, the birds are singing their merry tune and our garden is full with plump bouncy bushes and an abundance of gorgeous flowers. So while the summer is acting like summer, here is my Beautiful Cupcake Gallery on all things summery.

Summer to me is...

spending plenty time in the garden

By the very creative Cup Cake Plans

Garden party cupcakes by Womans Day complete with recipe...
good luck!

Lots of cream teas with fresh sweet strawberries and of course lashings of cake...

Very British and so much better than Tetley - from Bake Me

Beautifully presented by the lovely and very clever

Bev Spooner at Bake That

I love the simple elegance and stunning colours in these cupcakes, plus I'm a sucker for anything Art Nouveau.

By Made By Sonia

Ice cream is a must for any summer day out...

mmm a yummy selection from Lizzie Loves Cakes in Manchester:

Ice cream and cupcake in one - double treat!

Oh I do love to be beside the seaside...

Lizzie Loves Cake 

Oh I do love to be beside the sea! tra la la la la



Mini ocean scenes by the lovely Jo Takes The Cake

Posh 99!

By Eat Me Cupcakes

Enjoy your summer! xx

Why Does a Beauty And Health Blog Feature Cupcakes?

My husband asked me this question the other day...

Well...

My 'Beautiful Cupcake Gallery' started off with a 'Beauty' theme and was such a success it grew from there. As the weeks went by I discovered other cupcakes I thought were equally beautiful and I just had to share - sharing is healthy! 

Not only are my Galleries fun to do, but little boy gets involved as he loves scanning the web for inspiration with me; so quality family time is involved - very healthy and incredibly important to me and my family.

To me a healthy life isn't just about looking after your body with products and food; it's also about an all round balance and a huge extra portion of enjoyment.

I love to feed my family and friends, so I share my recipes.

I adore reading, so I share my favourite books.

I love visiting beautiful places, so I share these too.

My blog is about helping you to live a healthier happier life and...

I truly believe that you should...

however...

because we are on this planet to....

so...

ENJOY SOME CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

preferably made with excellent quality ingredients and home baked hee hee!

Images via:

Question cupcake - Flickr

Precious moments - My Fun Cards

Take care of your body - Healthy Life Tool Kit

Everything in Moderation - Etsy

Live Laugh Love - Yours Truly Was Here

Baby eating cake - Jen P Photo